Owing to renewed rioting in Bombay, the Governor (Sir George Sydenham Clarke) addressed a private meeting of loading citizens yesterday, and ...
Article : 146 wordsIt may now be taken for granted that to-morrow will see the end of the tramway strike A mass meeting of strikers is then to be held, and it ...
Article : 417 wordsThe seventeenth Universal Peace Congress was opened in London yesterday. A deputation from the Congress ...
Article : 132 wordsMessrs. A. E. Hodge, W. J. Killalea, and R. J. O'Keefe, as a deputation from the Licensed Victuallers' Association, waited on the city members of the Assembly this ...
Article : 672 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly last night a bill was read for the first time to authorise a loan to the Tasmanian Smeltring Company Limited. ...
Article : 809 wordsWe regret to announce the death of Mrs. H. R. Nicholls, wife of Mr. H. R. Nicholls, editor of "The Mercury," which took place at the Barracks at 2.30 ...
Article : 894 wordsA match for £200 a side and a purse of £150, given hy Rupe Naylor, was run on a grass track at Manchester yesterday, distance 130 yards, between ...
Article : 145 wordsSome members of the Parliamentary Labour party had an interview with the Chief Commissioner to-day. Mr. Johnson stated that some of the ...
Article : 145 wordsA public fund has been started to reward the tramway men who remained loyal, and has already reached £600, the Stock Fxchange having to-day ...
Article : 91 wordsPresident Castro of Venezuela last week expelled the Dutch Minister, M. De Reuss, from the capital of Venezuela. ...
Article : 145 wordsIt is reported that on arrangement similar to that effected by Sir Hector Carruthers for New South Wales, has been made in respect of South ...
Article : 614 wordsThe offer of the 6th Australian Infantry Regiment to enlist for service in India "if the Bombay disturbances continue" was sent to the Governor ...
Article : 83 wordsIt was decided to-day to advance butter another 12s. per owt. from tomorrow. This will make the price of specially flavoured 158s. The total rise ...
Article : 49 wordsIt is semi-officially announced that His Majesty King 'Edward will visit the Kaiser at Friedrichshof on August 11 when journeying to Marienbad. ...
Article : 44 wordsAccording to a statement made by Mr. Bowling, the president of the Newcastle Miners' Federation, at a meeting at Stanford, the Railway ...
Article : 142 wordsA sensation has been caused in Alabama, one of the States of America, consequent upon disclosures made in the matter of hiring out prison labour. ...
Article : 160 wordsAt the instance of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), the deputation from the Egyptian National Assembly and ...
Article : 129 wordsAs soon as the Assembly met this afternoon Mr. McGowan said: I desire to ask the Premier a question in conformity with the last interview I had ...
Article : 521 wordsThe Marine Board met in committee yesterday, to deal with the proposed scheme of harbour improvements; but, contrary to custom, representatives of ...
Article : 347 wordsPerhaps one of the largest sales of fat sheep over made in Australia in one line is, reported by Elder, Smith, and Co., Ltd. Through their Broken Hill ...
Article : 59 wordsPresident Fallieres of France and the Czar of Russia met at Reyal yesterday. Both the Czar and the President ...
Article : 47 wordsA National Labour Conference, ' convened by the Social Democratic party, is being held in London. One hundred and fifty delegates are attending. Mr. ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Premier of Queensland (Mr. W. Kidston) was the guest at luncheon yesterday of the Glasgow Corporation. In responding to the toast of his ...
Article : 191 wordsThe sudden death is reported from Bangor of a young lady named Elsie Bladen, the daughter of Captain Bladen, adjutant of the 12th A.I.R. ...
Article : 104 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir E. Grey) stated, in welcoming the Sultan's proclamation ...
Article : 101 wordsThe steady rain, which set in at Sydney yesterday and continued throughout the day, had not cleared off at a late hour tonight, and up to 9 o'clock within three ...
Article : 161 wordsThere was a slight mishap to the Gormanston coach, on its downward journey to Queenstown, this morning. Just when entering the town an axle ...
Article : 65 words'A' petition to the Premier and Parliament, praying that the £20,000 loan be granted to the Tasmanian Smelting Company was signed by 1,013 people. ...
Article : 185 wordsAt the Hercules mine Mr. S. Ford, the secretary of the Zeehan branch of the A.M.A., delivered an address on unionism. [?] ...
Article : 30 wordsIn the course of a short discussion in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. H. Pike Peace (U.) said that all sections of the House of Commons were ...
Article : 91 wordsMr. Barlow, Acting Premier, has received advices from London that one of the principal objects of the Premier's visit to England has been ...
Article : 77 wordsThe trial of R.S. Sievier on a charge of attempting to obtain money from J. S. Joel by means of a threat has been commenced at the Old Bailey. ...
Article : 45 wordsThere is a remarkable dearth of Justices of the Peace in Zeehan at present, and it was only by the returning officer for Zeehan taking a seat on the Bench ...
Article : 132 wordsWe all think we know a bounder when we see-him, but although the bounder may be a bounder to us he is not a bounder to everybody else. He ...
Article : 398 wordsBy the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, strikes are illegal in New South Wales. Section 42 of the Act says:— ...
Article : 380 wordsThe Home Work Committee of the House of Commons, that recently examined Mr. E. Aves in regard to industrial legislation in Australia and New ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), in replying to criticisms of the Government's foreign policy in the House of ...
Article : 106 wordsA Blue Book that has been issued reveals a sharp conflict of opinion between the Earl of Crewe and the Premier of Natal (Mr. Moor) regarding ...
Article : 294 wordsIn the Equity Court to-day there was presented a petition on behalf of the Lithgow Coal Association for the winding-up of W. Scott, Fell, and Co. ...
Article : 168 wordsThe action brought by James Goynne against the Amalgamated Society of Engineers came again before Mr. Justice Cussen to-day. Plaintiff claimed in his ...
Article : 124 wordsThe Court of Revision dealing with the Devonport Assembly roll sat to-day. Eight were struck off and five inserted, the number remaining being 1,610 males ...
Article : 68 wordsAt to-day's London wool sales competition for crossbreds was weaker, especially for faulty sorts. Merine wool, however, was very firm. ...
Article : 61 wordsThe "Standard" states that during recent divisions in the House of Commons on important measures many Unionists have been absent. ...
Article : 45 wordsAt a meeting of the Tourist Association to-night, Mr.J.Overall stated that while in Hobart last week the Minister of Works promised him that the track from ...
Article : 111 wordsA surplus of about £80,000 on the operations of the financial year just closed is anticipated by the railway department. Last year's surplus was ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Irish Universities Bill has been favourably received in the House of Lords. The second reading was agreed to ...
Article : 35 wordsAnother stage was reached in the Bayne v. Blake litigation to-day, when the Chief Justice dismissed, with costs, the summons taken out by the Misses Bayne to ...
Article : 58 wordsAt a meeting of the Mt. Read sub-committee of the Zeehan branch of the A.M.A. on Sunday, Mr. W. Maxwell, the President, in the chair, and about 50 ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 29 Jul 1908, Page 5
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